Ingres The Grande Odalisque painting
Mucha Untitled Alphonse Maria Mucha painting
Godward Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder painting
Waterhouse Gather ye rosebuds while ye may painting
It flashed across him at that instant that the charge in the letter was true, and that she hoped to marry the partner of her guilt. How was he to tell her that, if she really cherished such a plan, the laws of the State were inexorably opposed to it? The mere suspicion that the thought was in her mind made him feel harshly and impatiently toward her. ``But aren't you as free as air as it is?'' he returned. ``Who can touch you? Mr. Letterblair tells me the financial question has been settled -- ''
``Oh, yes,'' she said indifferently.
``Well, then: is it worth while to risk what may be infinitely disagreeable and painful? Think of the newspapers -- their vileness! It's all stupid and narrow and unjust -- but one can't make over society.''
``No,'' she acquiesced; and her tone was so faint and desolate that he felt a sudden remorse for his own hard thoughts.
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